Whoa! Censorship Again, This Time Directly Among White House Correspondents?

Have you heard on TV or in mainstream newspapers about Stephen Colbert's appearance before the White House Correspondents' dinner on Saturday?

Probably not. If you know about it at all, it's from blogs and Web sites and some trade publications such as Editor & Publisher.

The question is why? TV has certainly shown coverage of the event... but always the skit with Mr. Bush and his "double" which I didn't find terribly amusing. I mean, having an evil idiot for the leader of the "Free" World is worse than a mere embarrassment.

The only one to mention the dinner and Colbert's performance in the last two days on TV is Chris Matthews on "Hardball" tonight. But he showed no clips. He put the non-discussion of Colbert down to the fact that Colbert went over like a lead balloon, wasn't funny, was "mean" to Bush.

Since when does the media have the job of telling us what they've decided is too "mean" for us to see and judge for ourselves? I've actually spoken electronically with more than a few Republicans who thought Colbert was right on target.